Example sentences of "old [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dido 's sobbing for her old lover even as she lies in the arms of her new one — this melancholy , which Virgil , and following him Hardy , responded to with such sympathy , is for Pound deathly , it precludes the genuinely ‘ new ’ , which he urgently wants to find and to celebrate . |
| 2 | Those whom he taught within St Victor provoked the criticism of a younger fellow-canon , Richard , that they were ‘ judaizing ’ — that is , understanding the Old Testament primarily as Jews rather than as Christians . |
| 3 | And erm at the same time there was an old mill there as well , with an old er engine room . |
| 4 | So she ran down through the trees and caught up with the old woman just as she was about to start off across the marsh . |
| 5 | David Bruce and partner Paul Adams may find themselves once again deprived of the opportunity to regain control of their old company just as they were when Stakis paid European Leisure £9.7m last year . |